If you get the error message, Required BIOS interface not found or HAPI load error. and then uninstall and reinstall Hardware Application Programming Interface (HAPI).
Running
Dell Command
| Configure on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows supported system
Ensure that you are running
cctk.exe
based on the architecture of the system. If you are running
Dell Command
| Configure on a 32-bit supported system, browse to the x86 directory in the installation directory, and run
Dell Command
| Configure commands. If you are running
cctk.exe
on a 64-bit supported system, and then browse to the x86_64 directory and run
Dell Command
| Configure commands.
If you are running
Dell Command
| Configure for 32-bit supported systems on a 64-bit supported system, and then an error message is displayed:
HAPI Driver Load Error.
If you are running
Dell Command
| Configure for 64-bit supported systems on a 32-bit supported system, and then an error message is displayed:
Not a valid Win32 application.
Running
Dell Command
| Configure on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 when user account control is enabled
To run
Dell Command
| Configure on systems running Windows 7 or later with User Account Control (UAC) enabled, right-click the
Dell Command
| Configure Command Prompt
and select
Run as administrator.
NOTE:On a Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1, if UAC is enabled, and then a user with Administrator privileges cannot install or uninstall
Dell Command
| Configure in silent mode. Make sure that you have an administrative privilege before installing Dell Command | Configure in silent mode.
Running
Dell Command
| Configure on Linux
When you install
Dell Command
| Configure on a system running the Linux operating system, the entry, modprobe dcdbas, is added in the /etc/rc.modules file. After uninstalling
Dell Command
| Configure , the entry is not removed.
TPM activation
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is an industry standard cryptographic module that provides attestation, integrity metrics and reporting, and a secure key hierarchy. Client systems use TPM to verify if the state of the system has changed between two boot cycles.
To activate and check the TPM activation:
If not set, set the BIOS password on the system. Type:
cctk --setuppwd=<new-BIOS-password>
If not enabled, enable TPM. by typing the following command:
Reboot the system without interruption till the operating system loads.
To check the status of TPM. type:
cctk --tpmactivation
The status is displayed as activate.
NOTE:
If TPM does not support the system, then the following error message is displayed:
The option TpmActivation is not available or cannot be configured through this tool.
SCE failing to run on Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
The SCE generated using the Export option on the user interface is failing to run on Windows PE. To configure BIOS using SCE, on the target system running the Windows PE operating systems:
On systems running the Windows operating systems, extract the contents of SCE to a folder using the following command:
SCE.exe /s /e=<folder_path_to_extract_SCE>
NOTE:For more information about using the command, use
/h
switch.
Copy the extracted contents to an accessible location on the system.
From the location of the extracted contents, run the following command to apply the configuration:
applyconfig.bat /logfile <A valid and existing folder with write permission>\<A valid file name>
For example,
applyconfig.bat /logfile C:\log.txt
To apply the configuration on a system, where setup or system password has been set, run the following command:
applyconfig.bat /logfile <A valid and existing folder with write permission>\<A valid file name> "--valsetuppwd= <setup password>"
Example 1:
applyconfig.bat /logfile C:\log.txt "--valsetuppwd=password"
Example 2:
applyconfig.bat /logfile C:\log.txt "--valsyspwd=password"
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